[Elecraft] (OT) - portable radial idea?

[Don Wilhelm]

Stan,

It can be made to work, but will be a real "bear" to adjust to resonance 
unless you separate the ends.

If you are feeding with 300 ohm twinlead, why not make a 66 foot long 
center fed dipole out of it.

Alternately if this is for portable work, us no feedline at all - just a 
BNC to binding post adapter at the KX1. Use 2 lengths of wire as is 
shown on page 10 of the KXAT1 manual.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/10/2017 7:14 PM, stan levandowski wrote:
> I found the plans (June 2010 Elecraft Reflector) to build a 40/30/20
> meter "linear loaded" portable antenna for my KX1 (using a crappie rod,
> 300 ohm twinlead for the radiator, a BL2 balun, and ribbon cable radials
> cut to 1/4 wavelength for each of the bands (16, 25 and 33 feet).
>
> My question is how terrible would it be to use a piece of that thin
> computer ribbon cable cut to the three lengths but NOT separated?  This
> would make it easier to deploy and roll back up.
>
> Has anyone ever tried using unseparated ribbon cable counterpoises?  The
> materials are on order and I'm sort of anxious to know.